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Astronaut Megan McArthur grew up visiting national parks like Yosemite, Grand Canyon and Zion. Now she鈥檚 photographing them from 250 miles above the surface of Earth.

In Colorado, multiple efforts are underway to find and fix methane leaks, which could make a big difference when it comes to fighting climate change.

For the next week, Colorado鈥檚 night skies will be full of shooting stars. Despite the name, they aren鈥檛 actually stars 鈥� they鈥檙e space debris, and they鈥檙e part of the annual Perseid meteor shower.

A study from the University of Colorado Boulder has found that trees in the state are dying from drought and heat.

Last week, flash flooding in Poudre and Glenwood canyons resulted in multiple fatalities and road closures. Burn scars from the Cameron Peak and Grizzly Creek fires played a big role in the dangerous water flows, but the monsoon was also a factor.

In recent weeks, Colorado鈥檚 air quality has rapidly deteriorated. Smog, a portion of which is composed of smoke from wildfires within and outside the state, has obscured our view of the mountains from the Front Range. And this week the state failed to meet an Environmental Protection Agency deadline for reducing ozone pollution.

This week has brought hazy skies and air quality alerts to the Front Range and Mountain communities. Some of the pollution is coming from wildfires outside and within Colorado.

Climate change is raising temperatures, changing weather patterns and causing droughts. It also impacts wildlife like the American pika by threatening its high mountain habitat in Colorado and other parts of the West, but a group of scientists and outdoor enthusiasts are trying to help.

Meat is not a nutritional equal to plant-based meat substitutes. That's according to a new study from Duke University out this week. But researchers say it's still not clear if one is healthier than the other.

NASA is planning two missions to Venus in order to study how the planet became Earth鈥檚 鈥渆vil twin.鈥� Colorado scientists are involved in each stage of the projects, which will launch at the end of the decade.